Assistant Technical Director of Stage Operations 2024 (SOM)

Assistant Stage Operations Manager 2023 (ASOM)

The Glimmerglass Festival

Duration: 3 hours and 12 minutes

La Calisto to Pagliacci Scenic Changeover

Scenic Changeovers at the Glimmerglass Festival occur nightly (and often twice daily) with a 12-person Stage Operations team, and at times an additional 3-person rigging team or outside department assistance. Each scenic changeover consists of striking and storing one show, a rigging changeover, and loading in a different production.

Changeover Sheet (right) given to Stage Ops for each changeover until memorized

Production Photo: Brent DeLaroy // More Changeover Details at Bottom of Page

The Assistant Technical Director of Stage Operations:

Schedules and Plans Scenic Changeovers, coordinating with the ATD of Rigging and the Production Electrician
Schedules and Coordinate Scenery and Prop transfers with the Opera’s Stage Management team, between three venues around Cooperstown and the surrounding towns
Creates technical drawings for scenery storage within the Glimmerglass campus
Hosts Pre-, Mid-, and Post-Season reviews with Stage Operation Apprentices in which we review the apprentices’ performance and set goals to work towards for the season
Leads and Manages Strike teams to dissasemble, archive, and truck scenery to storage warehouse for future rentals from the Glimmerglass Festival
Create technical drawings of scenery truck packs for future rentals from The Glimmerglass Festival

Truck Packs - 53’ Trailer, Property of The Glimmerglass Festival

Stage Operations Scenic Changeover Season Times and Comparisons

Credits:
The Glimmerglass Festival Pagliacci to The Pirates of Penzance 1-hour Scenic Changeover (7.27.24)
Scenic Designers: Pagliacci - James Rotondo, The Pirates of Penzance - James Schuette
Video: Carrington Spires/The Glimmerglass Festival

Production Photos: Sofia Negron/The Glimmerglass Festival

Elizabeth Cree to The Pirates of Penzance Scenic Changeover

Production Photos: Elizabeth Cree (left) - Brent DeLanoy // The Pirates of Penzance (right) - Sofia Negron

Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes

Pagliacci to Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children Scenic Changeover

Production Photos: Pagliacci (left), Rumplestiltskin… (right) - Brent DeLanoy

Duration: 3 hours 9 minutes

The Pirates of Penzance to La Calisto Scenic Changeover

Production Photos: The Pirates of Penzance (left) - Sofia Negron // La Calisto (right) - Brent DeLanoy

Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes

Shop Storage Layout for 4+ Productions

Weekly Schedule Sample

Sophie on the Job! Photos by Sofia Negron

Changeover Sheet, Click to Enlarge

Scenic Designers:

The Pirates of Penance - James Schuette, La Calisto - Charlie Corcoran, Pagliacci - James Rotondo, Elizabeth Cree - Edward Morris, Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children - James Rotondo, Charge Artist - Sasha Glinski